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When I was young, probably 4th grade or so, my mother told me I wasn’t a “S.T.E.M. person.” My mother
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Math and Stats Subtracts Math 26 From Curriculum
Beginning in Fall 2019, the Department of Mathematics and Statistics stopped offering Math 26 which covered advanced topics in single-variable
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Research Spotlight: Victor Barranca and Applied Mathematics (Part I)
Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As
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Why does my math class have so few girls?
Why does my math class have so few girls? Why did the engineering department here have only one female professor
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When mathematical reasoning gets murky
In a recent piece for the Phoenix, “Why Mathematical Reasoning Should Be a Part of Civic Education,” Zhicheng Fan advocates
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Why Mathematical Reasoning Should Be a Part of Civic Education
We now live in a world where reason and truth are under siege on a daily basis. The Economist declares
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Diversity Continues to Elude Science Departments
It is no secret that some racial and ethnic minorities are underrepresented in the math, engineering, and the sciences. According
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Students Struggle With Math Placement Exams
Olivia Edwards ’14 knew she wanted to major in biology when she came to college. In order to do that,
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